SVF conducted a field survey on violence against women, inheritance deprivation, and unemployment. SV designed a special questionnaire to collect data from women about violence, inheritance deprivation, and unemployment. 323 Palestinian girls from Gaza, responded. %18.9 of them were under the age of 20, 71.2 between 21 and 30, 7.7 between 31 and 40, 2.2 between 41 -50.

%74.7 of those responded said that women are not considered inferior to men.

67.5 percent believed that violence against women is a phenomenon.

64.4 percent asserted that men are not preferred to men inside the households.

68.1 percent support the notion that women are still being neglected.

76.5 percent believe that women are somehow aware of all their rights.

44.5 percent assert that social traditions and violence are related.

57.3 assert that violence against women is merely attributed to the society’s outlook to women as being inferior to men

78.6 percent believe that violence against women reduce women participation in the community

56.3 of the polled see that the most severe form of violence is the beating

91.6 believe that women exposed to violence should speak out

According to the survey, reasons for women silence and fear are potential divorce and family degeneration.

Respondents believe that raising awareness of women and men would reduce violence

96 percent believe that some special awareness sessions should be held for young couples